Drivers and residents along Woodhaven and Cross Bay boulevards haven’t been pleased with the execution of the city’s Select Bus Service and Vision Zero upgrades. At both CB 5 and 9’s recent... Read more

BY TRONE DOWD Community Board 13 kicked off its first meeting since breaking for the summer this week with a brand new chairman, Clive Williams, who introduced a new mission statement for th... Read more

BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was not able to give approval to Kelly’s Manor, a proposed four-story addition to the existing one-story c... Read more

BY JON CRONIN Editor On July 28, permits were filed to erect a five story apartment building at 89-19 Liberty Ave. in Ozone Park. According to the City Department of Buildings website, “the... Read more

BY JAMES FARRELL RKO Keith’s, the historic and long-defunct theater in downtown Flushing, was purchased by a Chinese developer, Xinyuan Real Estate Co., for $66 million on Monday, the compan... Read more

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz joined State Sen. Jose Peralta, left to right, Assembyman Francisco Moya and Community Board 4 District Manager Christian Cassagnol on a tour of IS 311... Read more

BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief When voters in the 33rd Assembly seat go to the polls to select their Democratic candidate on Sept. 13, they will be voting for their first new representat... Read more

BY TRONE DOWD Editor Although a majority of the country has bounced back significantly since the economic turmoil of the recession in 2008, Council members Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), Ru... Read more

BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer For the first time since the Department of City Planning pulled back on redevelopment plans in Flushing West at the end of May, the DCP, Councilman Peter Koo (D-... Read more

Towards the end of June, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the most significant piece of legislation meant to prevent the effects neglected properties have on the communities that house them. Cuomo s... Read more

BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer An effort to ban truck traffic from Grand Avenue in Maspeth has not worked out as well as the city Department of Transportation had hoped, leading the agency and l... Read more

BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer The landscape of DeVoy Playgound in Forest Park changed drastically after many trees were cut down inside and around the playground last Thursday, in preparation f... Read more

The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve One Flushing, a 100 percent affordable housing project that would be built on Flushing’s Municipal Lot #3, located at 133-45 41st Ave... Read more

BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer The motion to approve The Parking Spot’s proposed 199,010 sq. ft. and 1,775 parking-spaces, located at 102-05 Ditmars Blvd. did not pass Community Board 3’s v... Read more

BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Last week, Community Board 3 approved the bike lane on 31st Avenue, connecting Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst to North Corona and the Flushing Promenade. “... Read more

BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer At last week’s Community Board 6 meeting, Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Glendale) presented her proposal for a light rail, which she announced has now exp... Read more

Since the Department of City Planning froze plans for the Flushing West re-zoning at the end of May, questions remain for developers, community members and advocates about the neighborhood’s... Read more

BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Marilyn Bitterman, Community Board 7’s long-time District Manager, bid the board goodbye at Monday’s meeting, the last before summer break. Bitterman is preparin... Read more

BY YVETTE BNROWN Staff Writer On Tuesday, New York City Parks Department Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski cut the ribbon, officially opening the new and improved Paul Raimonda Playground. Sh... Read more

BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer The entire Flushing West project is scrapped for the time being, the NYC Department of City Planning confirmed on Wednesday. The plan would have likely brought o... Read more

BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Flushing’s trash issue has proved to have such traction that state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) used it as a jumping off point to announce endorsements for he... Read more

Martha Taylor accepted accolades from Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) and Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) after she was elected as Chairwoman of the Community Boar... Read more

BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Airplane noise is not just annoying, it is hazardous to our health, President of Quiet Skies Len Schaier told Community Board 8 last Wednesday. Schaier, whose or... Read more

BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Hillcrest) waited for the traffic light on Union Turnpike to turn red. Then he ventured out into the four lanes of traffic and politel... Read more

BY LYNN EDMONDS Staff Writer Twenty-four years of service to the federal government may have been the most obvious outgrowth of Bhitihara Fulton’s directive to give back to the community. Gr... Read more

The problem that dominated Nily Rozic’s town hall last week seemed to have reared its head again at Community Board 7’s meeting Monday night: An abnormally large amount of rooms in so-called... Read more

BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer The left field announcement that the new elementary school under construction in Centreville may become a middle school was dismissed by Betty Braton, Community Bo... Read more

BY YVETTE BROWN Staff Writer Borough President Melinda Katz appointed seven new members to Community Board 4, one of which happens to be Ingrid Gomez, a social worker at the Child Center of... Read more